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basquesteve
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#11 Post by basquesteve »

Blaze wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2026 10:20 pm Perhaps a daft question, but why are you using dehumidifiers in this heat ?
I have run out of bottled rainwater used the frost from the deep freeze and run the dehumidifier for a few hours to collect lime free water

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Bayleaf
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Polarengineer wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 11:12 am I expect soon that there will be some regulation demanding the source continues to flow into the river for use for all downstream.
Our puit de source is piped from several regards to the house and farm buildings, with a holding tank underground, just above the house (we're built into a hill). The overflow runs into a concrete trough (probably the old "wash-room"!), then goes under the road and finds it's way towards the river that flanks our lower boundary. So, yes, what we don't use goes on to the water table - there is no tap to turn the overflow off!

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Hotrodder
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#13 Post by Hotrodder »

What would you do if you saw a near neighbour topping up their pool? Would you risk telling the authorities or would you keep quiet. Would it make a difference if they were French, or English?
On my headstone it will say: Please switch off mobile phones. I'm trying to get some sleep.

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